Official AEC return 40727

Citizens Electoral Council of Australia

Political Party Return · financial year 2016–17 · reference XHMN3

Current name in register: Australian Citizens Party · AEC entity 188. Historical names are preserved rather than rewritten.

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Threshold reported on this return: $13,200
Amendment number in itemised receipt data: 0
Source snapshot: 2026-09-08 · AEC annual returns of political parties, row 712 (export table “AnnualPoliticalParty”)

Return-level measures

Each row is its own reported measure. Totals and their itemised/subcategory amounts overlap and must not be added together. Payments, expenditure and donations have different source definitions.

As reported in this 2016-17 political party return
Measure	Nominal AUD
Total receipts	$1,779,941
Total payments	$1,700,674
Total debts	$996,029
Itemised receipts	$93,256
Itemised debts	$958,971
Itemised discretionary benefits	$0

Itemised records

5 records in the available receipt/donation/debt/benefit/contribution lists. This need not equal every return-level measure: thresholds, definitions and reporting coverage differ.

Donation Received · Other Receipt · Itemised debt (not a donation)

Individual source records · no donor/recipient reconciliation implied
Other party	Category / period	Amount	Source
CEC Australia (Services) Pty Ltd Source · reported by Australian Citizens Party	Donation Received 2016–17 · Political Party Return	$75,756	Record details Return 40727
Craig Isherwood Source · reported by Australian Citizens Party	Other Receipt 2016–17 · Political Party Return	$17,500	Record details Return 40727
CEC Australia (Services) Pty Ltd Creditor · reported by Australian Citizens Party	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2016–17 · Political Party Return	$891,243	Record details Return 40727
Citizens Media Group Pty Ltd Creditor · reported by Australian Citizens Party	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2016–17 · Political Party Return	$37,461	Record details Return 40727
Craig Isherwood Creditor · reported by Australian Citizens Party	Itemised debt (not a donation) 2016–17 · Political Party Return	$30,267	Record details Return 40727

Read the disclosure in context

This snapshot covers all 27 annual financial years in the AEC bulk export, 1998–99 to 2024–25, retrieved 8 September 2026. It includes parties, associated entities, significant third parties/campaigners, third parties, donors, members and senators. Election and referendum returns are separate collections and are not included.

Donor and recipient reports are separate views of disclosures and must not be added together. Receipts, donations, debts, payments, expenditure and public funding are different measures. A receipt need not be a donation, and a payment need not be electoral expenditure. These are nominal Australian dollars, not adjusted for inflation.

The 2024–25 annual release was published on 2 February 2026. Individual amendment publication dates are not supplied in these bulk lists. Annual reporting has delays and disclosure thresholds. The reported threshold appears on each return; it is not a filter removing smaller voluntarily disclosed entries. Missing records do not prove there was no financial relationship, and a disclosure does not prove influence or wrongdoing.

Current register lists include reported amendments where supplied. They are a dated snapshot, not a complete amendment history. Potentially overlapping historical donor returns remain separate and their combined totals are withheld. Names follow official AEC entity IDs; similarly named entities are not merged.

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